Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested two men in Upper Marlboro on July 9 after, the agency says, both were released from the Prince George’s County Detention Center without federal immigration detainers being honored.
ICE identified the men as Yeferson Jose Canamo-Jordan, 28, a Venezuelan national the agency describes as a suspected member of the Tren de Aragua gang, and Felipe Fernando Reymundo, 23, a Guatemalan national. Both were arrested during vehicle stops, according to ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations Baltimore field office.
“Sanctuary policies continue to disregard U.S. immigration law and put communities at risk by releasing illegal aliens prone to criminal activity into our communities,” said ERO Washington Field Office Director Robert Guadian. “By choosing not to honor ICE detainers, county jails give us no option but to conduct more arrests in the community rather than in the safe and controlled environment of a jail.”
According to ICE, Canamo-Jordan entered the U.S. in August 2022 and was released by Border Patrol under a parole policy the agency criticized as part of prior federal border management; he was later convicted of driving without a valid license and recently charged with assault. ICE said Reymundo entered the country at an unspecified time and location without inspection, and has faced arrests since 2025 on charges including arson, malicious destruction of property, trespassing and motor vehicle theft. A Fox45 reporter who contacted the Prince George’s County State’s Attorney’s Office to verify these underlying cases was told the office could neither confirm nor deny that the arrests occurred — meaning the specific criminal allegations described come from ICE alone and haven’t been independently corroborated by county prosecutors.
Both men remain in ICE custody pending removal proceedings.
This is at least the second time in 2026 that ICE has publicly criticized Prince George’s County over its handling of detainers, following a similar incident reported in February. The county has not commented specifically on this case, but its broader immigration policy has been unambiguous this year: County Executive Aisha Braveboy signed an executive order in February banning the use of county property as immigration detention facilities, and the County Council later passed a legislative package that includes tracking county residents detained by ICE. Braveboy has framed the county’s posture as a matter of due process and community trust rather than shielding people from accountability, saying at the February signing, “The disregard for human life will not be tolerated in Prince George’s County.” The county’s practice of not honoring civil immigration detainers without a judicial warrant dates back further, to at least 2019 under then-County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, who said at the time the county was “not participating in immigration enforcement,” calling that “the job of the federal government.”
It’s worth noting a distinction in how this incident has been described: ICE’s release does not document that any criminal charges against either man were formally dismissed — only that they were released from custody after the county declined to hold them further on an ICE detainer, which is a civil request rather than a judicial warrant.
